DORSET CHILDREN'S DOGGEREL RHYMES. 115 



HATCH IN THE BOOBERNEE. 



Hatch in the boobernee, 

 r Hatch in the boobernee, 



It's on a Sunday Monday night 



Whoop ! 

 Catch in the boobernee. 



Whatever is the meaning of this first line, and the " boo- 

 bernee " in particular ? " Sunday " may be a corruption of 

 " sultry." It is hardly worth while to give the melody of 

 this and the rest of the rhymes. The two printed are typical. 



ALL AROUND THE COTTAGE. 



I. All around the cottage (repeated three times) 

 As you have done before. 



II. In and out the windows (repeated three times) 

 As you have done before. 



III. Stand and face your lover (repeated three times) 

 As you have done before. 



IV. Trace her off to Wimborne (repeated three times) 

 As you have done before. 



V. Bring her back and kiss her (repeated three times) 

 As you have done before. 



SALLY, GO ROUND THE MOON. 



Sally, go round the moon, 

 I Sally, go round the sun, 



Sally, go round the chimney-pot. 

 On a Sunday afternoon. 

 Whoop ! 



If the " sun " and the " moon " were to change places, the 

 rhyme would be improved ; but in nearly all parts of the 

 county the " moon " takes the precedence. 



